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In these posts I try and challenge, stretch and inspire new ideas & conversations.
Disruptive thinking or disruptive technology?
Do we need to think about disruption in a new way? How do you educate those bright young people that technology is the biggest disruptor of the world we live in? Dave Curran, Westpac, CIO, (The Australian, 20/8/15) On the surface you would have to agree with Dave...
Why every team needs an innovation goal
What is your team innovation KPI? All work today is done in groups and teams. Every organisation needs to be more innovative. Let's put these together. Hence: Every group and team should have an innovation goal. No ifs or buts. They need to have an innovation goal if...
How to run an Ideathon
Ideathon - an idea whose time has come Many business leaders in the IT and software industry run quarterly Hackathons. These are typically 24 hour sessions where software developer try and create say a new product, feature or app. I think this is a great idea which...
The insight behind Speed Thinking
Speed Thinking is based on an insight I noticed that when I was working with managers and leaders and they had say an hour to solve a problem or generate an idea not much happened for the first 50 minutes or so. In fact, not much happened until I poked my head into a...
A simple, practical innovation definition
Innovation We all know what it means. Or at least that is what leaders say. But dig a bit deeper and you find a wide discrepancy between them. For some it is new products or large technological breakthroughs or something like continuous improvement. The reason it...
What do leaders ‘think, feel and do’ about innovation?
I recently gave a workshop to a leadership group at a big hotel group. One of the questions I asked them was: What do they 'think, feel and do' about innovation? Think about innovation This was easy. The leadership group used words like essential, vital and important....
small wins innovation is here
We have just launched a new beta site on small wins innovation. The new site is filled with examples of small wins innovation, the 5 step process and principles. The 5 steps are - create, test, measure, learn and share. Ideas Blitz is wonderful tool to create new...
4 ways leaders can nudge behaviour
How leaders can Nudge behaviour I have just been reading NUDGE, a book by Richard H Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein. As the name applies, the book outlines new thinking and concepts in behavioural economics which can be applied to many everyday situations to Nudge desired...
6 ways to sell your new ideas with greater success
I have presented and been on the receiving end of countless presentations of new ideas. Here are my 6 tips on how to help you sell your ideas with more success. 1. Present a usual idea, a different and a radical option. Using this framework gives the receiver or...